An historic image of an early Victorian railway train with a man riding in front with a red flag, result of the 1865 act (the "Red Flag Act"), which required locomotives, including automobiles, to be crewed by three men and to travel at a maximum of 4 mph ( km/h) in the country and 2 mph ( km/h) in the city, and requiring a man carrying a red flag to precede vehicles hauling multiple wagons.

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Size: 6000px × 3812px
Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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